Pink Shorts acquires Adameitis’s “Australianarama”, De Zilva’s “Sick Note”
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Pink Shorts Press has acquired world rights to Australianarama: A Campendium of Kitsch by artist and designer Stavroula Adameitis, also known as Frida Las Vegas, and poetry collection Sick Note...
Early Bird tickets are open now!
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Get ready to celebrate another year of exceptional talent and creativity in the book sector at the Australian Book Industry Awards 2026! The Australian Book Industry Awards ceremony will be...
Marketing co-ordinator maternity leave cover, Victoria
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for an organised and energetic Marketing Co-ordinator for a 12-month maternity leave cover. We are seeking a team player skilled in social media operations...
Commissioning editor (identified), Brisbane
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) An exciting opportunity is available for a Commissioning Editor to join UQP. This role focuses on acquiring and publishing commercially viable and culturally significant titles,...
Marketing designer, Sydney
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Design team in the role of Marketing Designer. The purpose of this role...
Vale John Flanagan
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Author John Flanagan has died, aged 81. Flanagan’s publisher, Penguin Random House, writes: John Flanagan, author of the beloved and bestselling Ranger’s Apprentice, Brotherband, and Royal Ranger children’s book series,...
Macmillan US to close Roaring Brook, launch new imprint
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
In the US, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group (MCPG) has announced the closure of the Roaring Brook Press imprint and the launch of a new, as yet unnamed imprint, reports Publishers...
Blake Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Liverpool Powerhouse and WestWords have announced the poets shortlisted for the 2026 Blake Poetry Prize, worth $5000. The shortlisted works are: “Aftermath” by Terri Slanovits “Father” by Phillippa Cordwell “Jigar...
New ASA mentorship program winners announced
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of mentorships in the 2026 CA/ASA Developmental Leadership Program. Thirteen creators have won the opportunity to work with an experienced...
A&U acquires Urquhart ultramarathon story
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to ultramarathon runner Donna Urquhart’s as yet untitled story about her Guinness World Record Antarctic run in January 2024, written with journalist...
Market report: CYA growth outpaces total Australian market
Thursday, 2 April 2026
On the surface, children’s book sales in 2025 have surged in Australia, compared to the previous year. But a look at volume shows much of the increase in value comes...
DANZ Children’s Book Award 2026 longlists announced
Thursday, 2 April 2026
The 2026 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...
Publishers’ picks: Australian children’s graphic novels and picture books
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Australian publishers nominate the graphic novels and picture books they have high hopes for at Bologna. Anders and the Mountain Gregory Mackay Allen & Unwin Children’s April 2026 Graphic novel...
Publishers’ picks: Australian middle-grade and YA
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Australian publishers nominate the middle-grade and YA books they have high hopes for at Bologna. Akarnae book 1 Lynette Noni Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Titles in series: 7 Rights contact:...
Report finds strongest growth among younger readers in Brazil
Thursday, 2 April 2026
In Brazil, the Brazilian Book Chamber and Nielsen BookData have released the third edition of an annual survey, which showed book consumption grew in the country in 2025. “According to...
Australian authors recommend
Thursday, 2 April 2026
We asked Australian creators to share a recent book they have read and loved – and why. Jasmin McGaughey is a Torres Strait Islander and African American author and editor,...
Recent Australian CYA acquisitions
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Recent Australian acquisitions, as reported by Think Australian’s sister publication Books+Publishing, include: The Everywhere Train by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny Snell, world rights acquired by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing...
Australian publishers on Bologna Prize shortlist
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Three Australian publishers have been shortlisted for the 2026 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. Publishers shortlisted in the Oceania category are: Affirm Press (Australia) Hardie Grant...
Australian CYA award winners
Thursday, 2 April 2026
These are the Australian titles that have been making shortlists, longlists and winning awards – both in Australia and overseas. Darren Rix and Craig Cormick’s Warra Warra Wai (Scribner) won the Australian...
The publisher behind a new Australian stand for “this moment now”
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Come visit the Australian stand this year at Bologna and you’ll find that while the high-quality publishing remains the same, the stand itself has a brand-new look. Gone is any...
“Stories of kindness and celebrating diversity and culture”: A BOP-shortlisted publisher on what’s resonating globally
Thursday, 2 April 2026
On the eve of Bologna Book Fair, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing rights manager Evie Green is one of a reduced cohort of Australians still planning to make the trip, and...
Australian children’s bestsellers
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Top 10 Australian picture books (2026 year to date, ranked by volume) Do Not Open This Book It’s Out of This World (Andy Lee, Lake Press) Claris and the Easter...
Come visit the Australians at a beautiful new stand!
Thursday, 2 April 2026
As was the case with London Book Fair, Australian publishers planning to attend Bologna this year have been contending with cancelled flights and rising costs. Despite this, an enthusiastic cohort...
QLAs move to BWF; a “strong year” for PRH locally as global earnings down; CBCA shortlists announced
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
In news this week, the Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) will become part of the Brisbane Writers Festival for the foreseeable future; Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) reports “a strong year”...
International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,811), has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Director (Daniel Kehlmann, trans by Ross Benjamin, riverrun) The...
O’Loughlin wins inaugural MidnightSun Picture Book Prize
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Penny O’Loughlin has won the inaugural MidnightSun Picture Book Prize for her manuscript The Battle of the Beast. MidnightSun said The Battle of the Beast “impressed the judges with its...
Words on the Waves 2026 program announced
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
The program for the Words on the Waves Writers Festival, to run from 27 May to 1 June on the NSW Central Coast, has been announced. The festival’s opening address,...
Copyright Agency: “The cat-and-mouse dynamic has not disappeared”
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is inviting the event’s major sponsors to share little-known facts about their organisations, their top tips for booksellers and...
B+P Easter publishing schedule
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published this Friday, 3 April or the following Monday, 6 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in...
Fearless
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Bea Ware is afraid of everything – from shadows to ladders to trampolines, she is in a constant state of anxiety and trepidation. Her friend, Annie Venture, seems completely carefree,...
